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Kalamazoo's Ftorek to Play 700th Career ECHL Game this Weekend

October 31, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Kalamazoo Wings defenseman Sam Ftorek will play his 700th ECHL game on Friday against Toledo, becoming just third player in the League's 26-year history to reach the 700-game plateau. Ftorek ranks behind 2010 ECHL Hall of Fame inductee Cam Brown (789) and Louis Dumont (771) on the ECHL all-time games played list.

In his 13th season in the ECHL, Ftorek is tied for 26th in League history with 294 assists and is 35th with 466 points. Ftorek is in his fifth season with Kalamazoo, where he has posted 189 points (55g-134a) in 269 games with the K-Wings.

Twice in his ECHL career, 2000-01 with Mobile and 2002-03 with Greensboro, Ftorek appeared in all 72 games in a season. He has also played in 71 games with Kalamazoo in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

The son of former NHL player and coach Robbie Ftorek, he has scored 40 or more points six times in his ECHL career, and he enjoyed his best offensive season with Greensboro in 2002-03 when he tallied a team-leading 33 goals and was second on the club with 61 points.

The 38-year-old began his professional career in the ECHL with Augusta in 1998-99 scoring 29 points (11g-18a) in 62 games. He has also appeared in ECHL games with Gwinnett (2004-05), Fresno (2004-05) and Cincinnati (2006-07).

Over the course of his ECHL career, Ftorek has also seen action in 80 games during the Kelly Cup Playoffs, which is tied for eighth on the League's all-time postseason games played list. He advanced to the Kelly Cup Finals with Kalamazoo in 2011, when he registered 21 points (7g-14a) in 19 postseason contests.

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